President David Granger has issued sweeping orders to bring into effect systems and protocols to battle the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
Pursuant to the second provisio to section 21 (1) of the Public Health Ordinance, the President has the power to make such an order.
The order states that the president considers that immediate action is necessary to address COVID-19 and declares the disease as an infectious one and directs measures in accordance with the Public Health Ordinance and International standards to prevent and control the spread of the disease.
The president ordered that the Ministry of Public Health shall take measures to-
(a) restrain, segregate and isolate persons suffering from the disease, or may be likely from exposure to the infection, suffer from the disease;
(b) remove to the hospital and provide curative treatment of persons suffering from the disease;
(c) remove, disinfect, and destroy the personal effects, goods, building and any other article, material or thing exposed to infection from the disease;
(d) speedily bury, or cremate the dead;
(e) facilitate house-to-house visitation and inspection;
(f) facilitate the provision of medical aid and accommodation;
(g) promote cleanliness, ventilation and disinfection;
(h) prevent the spread of the disease on the seas, rivers and waters of Guyana, and on th ehig seas within twelve miles from the baseline, as well as on land;
(i) diagnose, prevent or check the disease, including the prohibition or restriction of movement of persons and public and private conveyances of any kind whatsoever within and to and from an infected area: and take any other measures considered necessary.
